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To-do list for Chicago: edit · history · watch · refresh · Updated 2023-10-17 Please do not nominate this article for good or featured status until the following issues have been resolved: Image licencing – sidestepping References unreferenced sentences in History section. Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:32, 3 September 2011 (UTC) — MusikAnimal ^talk 15:13, 23 April 2013 (UTC) Other unreferenced sentences throughout article In progress — MusikAnimal ^talk 15:13, 23 April 2013 (UTC) Copyediting (comes afterwards) No mention of NWSL team There is no mention of the NWSL team the Chicago Red Stars in the Sports section of the article. MMP416 (talk) 00:42, 1 February 2023 (UTC) Completed Imoutofchoices (talk) 02:06, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

"Near North Montessori" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Near North Montessori has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 July 20 § Near North Montessori until a consensus is reached. Cyber the tiger🐯 (talk) 16:45, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 8 August 2025

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Under "Law and government - Politics", add a new row to the table named "Presidential election results in Chicago", placed above the 2020 row:

Year: 2024

Democratic: 78.25% 775,699

Republican: 20.56% 203,817

Others: 1.19% 11,776

Source: https://chicagoelections.gov/elections/results/41 BTNST-206-Seattle (talk) 09:52, 8 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 18 August 2025

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In the article's explanatory notes section, item a. mentions the Miami-Illinois name of Chicago is "Shikaakwa", which is incorrect according to https://mc.miamioh.edu/ilda-myaamia/dictionary/entries/4363. "Shikaakwa" is a slight corruption of "šikaakwa", which in Miami-Illinois specifically refers to a skunk, garlic, or wild ramp. The correct Miami-Illinois name of the location of Chicago is "šikaakonki", all lowercase (as is common practice in modern Miami-Illinois orthography), and should be provided thus in the article. The "-onki" suffix approximates to English "place of", and therefore the translation is "place of the skunk/garlic/wild ramp". YaBoiVEVO (talk) 14:00, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: According to the page's protection level you should be able to edit the page yourself. If you seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. Day Creature (talk) 22:30, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 18 August 2025 (2)

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The hyperlink text under the top collage image portraying a panned-out image of the skyline erroneously reads "The Loop". That is, in fact, not the Loop. I suggest changing this to "Chicago Skyline". 2600:1008:A116:552D:95BC:357E:3741:297B (talk) 23:14, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit semi-protected}} template. The current caption seems reasonable to me, as it redirects to an article with the same name in the lead and a similar image. We could possibly change the image to match the one in the Chicago Loop article, but this would benefit from discussion and consensus first. UmbyUmbreon (talk) 23:40, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's a nice image. I would suggest keeping the image but relabeling it 'Chicago skyline' or 'Architecture of Chicago'. There is an article for Architecture of Chicago. E bailey (talk) 00:49, 19 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]